Justification:
This Australian endemic electric ray is fairly common in Tasmanian waters and also occurs on the New South Wales and South Australian shallow continental slope and shelf. Although there are no significant threats to this species, it is a trawl fishery bycatch and its discard mortality rate is unknown. It is listed as Least Concern because it is a relatively fecund species and there are no major threats to populations at the present time, and therefore no reason to suspect that the species has declined.

Eastern Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans: widespread in southeastern Australia from Coffs Harbour (New South Wales) to at least Beachport (South Australia), and around Tasmania (Last and Stevens 1994). May also occur further west into the Great Australian Bight (Last and Stevens 1994).